Everyone's Favorite

I happily concede the title of "Favorite Parent" to Brendan. I try to bribe my kids with homemade cookies, or an announcement for a spontaneous family activity, or a new outfit here and there, but let's face it.....I've got tough competition. Brendan is genuinely just more fun than I am. If I was my own child, I would pick him too! So rather than sulk about coming in at 2nd, I cheer with my kids at having the best husband/dad that we could ever dream of. We're a lucky bunch to have him be a part of our lives. This photo was taken on Father's Day 2010.

Speaking of Father's Day, I just had to add this story that happened that evening. We all went to my brother Ed's house for dinner that evening. His three little kids put on a series of skits/plays in honor of the their dad and grandpa. They practiced all morning and even made tickets to their show. We were all escorted through their booth where Ian handed out tickets with seat numbers printed on them. Taya then guided us to our assigned seats where we found the corresponding numbers on the couches.

They did three little plays, but my favorite was their musical of Three Blind Mice complete with singing and choreography! Afte the grand performance Grandpa handed them each a dollar to "pay" for his ticket (and because we all know how much grandpa genuinely loves to hand out money to his grandkids.) Ian (age 5) looked at his dollar and exclaimed, "A dollar!? That's weak! How 'bout you give me 5 bucks!" Oh man....another Ian classic! After we all calmed down from laughing, grandpa exchanged his dollar for a 5 dollar bill. Ian's smile says it all!